Smoking pipe



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SMOKING PIPE Filed Aug. 9-, 1937 Inventor Patented Oct. 4, 1938 r 2 132 2 9 UNiTED" STATES ATENT OFFICE 2,132,289 I SMOKING PIPE V Frank L. De Vita, Livingston, N. J. Application August 9, 1937, SerialNo. 158,232

2 Claims. (01. 1s1 2oi) My invention relates generally to smoking designated l8 and which is substantially cylindripipes and particularly to smoking pipes concal for its entire length,'has a threaded portion taining means for condensing and clearing the H which threads into the threaded socket II in smoke in its travel from the'bowl to the mouth the coupling IE whereby the condenser is sup a of the smoker, and an important object of my ported axially of the bore 28 and substantially 5 invention is to provide arrangements of this concentrically therein. The inner end of the character which are practical for large scale condenser is rounded as indicated by the numeral manufacture and general distribution at relait and spaced axially from the conical end 16 tively low cost. of the bore 28. Adjacent the threaded end H v 10 Other important objects of my invention will the condenser has an annular reduced portion 10 be apparent from a reading of the following de- 2% which is traversed by a small passage i9 and scription taken in connection with the drawing, the middle of this passage opens into the axially wherein for purposes of illustration I have shown inward end of a bore 2| which extends through a preferred embodiment of my invention. the threaded part II and opens into the conical In the drawing; portion 15 of the threaded socket H as illus- 15 Figure 1 is a general longitudinal sectional trated in Figure 1 of the drawing. view taken through the invention. Filling the space between the walls of the bore Figure 2 is an enlarged longitudinal vertical 28 and the exterior of the condenser I8 is the sectional View taken through the absorbent eleabsorbent element which is generally designatedv ment. 22 and has fiat squared ends, the outer end en- 20 Figure 3 is an enlarged longitudinal fraggaging the adjacent end of the portion 8 of the mentary sectional view taken through the right coupling and the axially inward end being spaced hand end portion of the solid condenser. from the conical portion Hi. This absorbent ele- The present application is a continuation in e t is for d o a y su tab e moisture ab- 25 part of my co-pending application Serial No. sorbing material such as material which is now 25 644,998, filed on November 30, 1932, renewed conventional in the art. April 10, 1936, and entitled Pipes, the present in The orben m n 22 is pr v d throughvention constituting improvement over the sub- Out s len th With a bore 2| which is constiject matter of the said co-pending application, tilted by Wo m grooves 23 Which are arranged in in the respects of greater adaptability for quan a spiral continuous manner to define a smoke 30 tity manufacture and general utility. passage leading from the space at the left hand Referring in detail to the drawing, the nuend Of the absorbent element in the bore 23, to moral 5 generally designates an embodiment of the transverse p e 9 n the solid on r; the invention which comprises a conventional 50 that the P Of e mD e from the tobacco form of tobacco bowl 6 from which projects a bowl is through the spiral pas e d fi ed y t hollow stem 1 which has a threaded socket 8 at grooves 3. nd the xt ri r and in lin its outer end into which is threaded the nipple 9 Contact With the condenser through the D on the coupling which is generally designated l0, Sage and into e bo e 26 0f the bit l4, via th said nipple having a concentric threaded the bore [5 in the coupling. It is obvious that 40 portion H which constitutes an enlargement of the Smoke in its movement as described is not 40 its bore which extends through the solid cylindrionly cleaned and cooled, but s deprived of cer- 1 portion 2 from t other Side of the tain noxious and objectionable elements which larged flange |3 the said bore being generally are absorbed by the absorbent element, so that designated IS. A socket 24 in the bit l4 snugly When the Smoke c e the mouth of the receives the coupling portion [2, and this socket smoker, it is clean and @001- It is also to be 24 has a frusto-conical portion 25 which defines Served that y screwing. Out of the stem 1 the a smoke space between the coupling l0 and the Coupling and hit 14, either separately t the bore 26 of the bit which is coaxial with the bore the Condenser y be aw Out of the ab- 5 in t coupling sorbent element and the absorbent element slid The b 23 i th t 1 is substantiauy out of the bore 28 of the stem for replacement or 50 formly cylindrical and has at its inner end a cleaning purposes- If desired, the assembled irusto-conical portion 16 whose tip opens by Condenser and absorbent element may he means of a passage l1 into the lower part of the ved d ly t t r t st 1 by slidin tobacco bowl 6. the same out of place. A solid metallic condenser which is generally Although I have shown and described herein 55 the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be definitely understood that I do not desire to limit the application of the invention thereto, and any change or changes may be made in the materials and in the structure and arrangement of the parts, within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:--

1. A smoking pipe comprising a bowl having a hollow stem, a bit having a hollow portion, a tubular metallic coupling have one end removably received in the hollow portion of the stem, and having its opposite end inserted in the hollow portion of the bit for connecting the bit and stem, a solid metallic condenser within the hollow portion of the stem and having its outer end removably connected with the coupling, said solid condenser having a. transverse passage adjacent its axial outward end and a longitudinal passage at said end leading through the said end of the condenser and communicating with said transverse passage and with the bore of the coupling, a tubular absorbent member in said hollow portion of the stem and surrounding said solid condenser, said tubular absorbent member having a bore formed with a spiral groove defining lands engaging the exterior of said condenser to define a smoke passage between said condenser and said tubular absorbent member said smoke passage communicating with the transverse passage of the condenser.

2. A smoking pipe comprising a bowl having a hollow stem, a bit having a hollow portion, a tubular metallic coupling having one end removably received in the hollow portion of the stem, and having its opposite end inserted in the hollow portion of the bit for connecting the bit and stem, a solid metallic condenser within the hollow portion of the stem having its outer end detachably connected with the coupling, said solid condenser having a transverse passage adjacent its axially outward end and a longitudinal passage at said end leading through the said end of the condenser and communicating with said transverse passage and the bore of the coupling, said condenser having an annular groove therein into which the transverse passage opens out, a tubular absorbent member in said hollow portion of the stem and surrounding said solid condenser, said tubular absorbent member having a bore formed with a spiral groove defining lands engaging the exterior of said condenser to define smoke passage between said condenser and said tubular absorbent member, the groove in the bore of the absorbent element extending from one end of the absorbent member to the other and having a portion in communication with the annular groove in the condenser, and said absorbent member being removable from the condenser and from the hollow stem.

FRANK L, DE VITA. 

